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BPO workers deserve more pay with onsite work: group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 04:57 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is calling on employers to look into the Telecommuting Law. Read more »

Ilang manggagawa nais mag-work-from-home dahil sa bilihin, pasahe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 08:20 PM

Nais ng ilang mangagagwang bumalik na muna sa work-from-home set-up para makatipid dahil sa nagtataasang presyo ng bilisin at pamasahe. Read more »

WATCH: What is the new telecommuting IRR?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 04:46 PM

The new implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Telecommuting Act aims to redefine the workplaces and employees during remote work arrangements, the labor department said Thursday. Read more »

Guidelines sa alternative work arrangement pinalawig

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 01:30 PM

Pinalawig ng Department of Labor and Employment ang mga panuntunan para sa alternative work arrangement ng mga empleyado. Read more »

Labor dep't expands remote work schemes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 03:52 PM

DOLE urged employers and workers to adopt remote work programs as it revised the implementing rules and regulations of the Telecommuting Law. Read more »

Senator backs work-from-home setup for gov't workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 01:53 PM

Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday said the government should lead the way by implementing a work-from-home setup for civil servants. Read more »

Grupo ng gov't workers may agam-agam sa telecommute policy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 10:05 PM

Bagama't makakatulong umano ang bagong polisiya sa telecommuting, may agam-agam ang grupo ng mga government worker. Read more »

DOLE backs 4-day work week scheme

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 10:40 AM

The Department of Labor and Employment supports the proposed 4-day work week scheme if it will reduce cost, an official said Thursday. Read more »

Half of Filipino workers prefer hybrid work setup: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 08:24 PM

The 2021 PhilCare Wellness Index showed, 48.7 percent of employees prefer hybrid work arrangements. Read more »

Google employees who work from home could lose money

Danielle Kaye, Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 06:39 PM

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently. Read more »

The end of offices? New York's business districts face uncertain future

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:05 PM

Boarded-up stores, shuttered restaurants and empty office towers: Covid-19 has turned New York's famous business districts into ghost towns, with companies scrambling to come up with ways to entice workers to return post-pandemic.  Read more »

Google delays return to office and eyes 'flexible work week'- NYT

Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 03:35 PM

Alphabet Inc's Google will allow its employees to work from home until September next year, extending the return to the office by a few months, the New York Times reported on Monday. Read more »

How remote work will create economic winners and losers

Noam Scheiber, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 27 03:34 PM

The shift to a heavily remote workforce has the potential to change people’s work lives in much more profound ways. It could significantly affect their wages, alter career prospects and restructure organizations. And as with many economic shocks, workers are likely to be affected unevenly. Read more »

Senator files bill proposing P1,000-monthly allowance for home-based workers

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 05:09 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino on Monday filed a bill seeking to grant a monthly allowance worth at least P1,000 for all home-based workers to help them offset additional expenses from working at home. Read more »

OPINION: Gearing up for the new normal

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 11 01:42 AM

‘Futurists’ of decades ago are almost past tense today. And that is because tomorrow has arrived!  Read more »

The long, unhappy history of working from home

David Streitfeld, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 30 09:30 AM

Three months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down offices, corporate America has concluded that working from home is working out. Many employees will be tethered to Zoom and Slack for the rest of their careers, their commute accomplished in seconds.   Read more »

Marcos seeks amendment to Telecommuting Act to limit office work to 2 days per week

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 06:24 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday pushed to amend the Telecommuting Act to limit the number of an employee's physical presence at work to two days a week. Read more »

Offices 'far from dead,' property firm says as work from home rises

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 12:00 PM

Bringing workers back to their offices is "crucial" to increasing productivity post-lockdown, a property consulting firm said Wednesday, as most firms experiment with work from home set-ups.  Read more »

As data demand peaks 'all-day,' Globe keeps P63-B expansion budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 10:07 AM

Globe Telecom said Thursday it had "enough capacity" to meet all-day peak demand that has become the new normal, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced more people to work from home. Read more »

Google makes its video meeting service free to all

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 06:27 PM

Google on Tuesday made its business videoconferencing service free to all users, ramping up competition for Zoom as people flock online to stay connected during the pandemic. Read more »